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Catching consumers by surprise

Category management is mainly applied within food categories. Very few examples can be found of categories that are managed across food and non-food products. Although the role of the shopping environment may be much more important in the buying...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2003: Management, Accountability and Research

Authors: Cees de Bont, Ingrid Moons, Gino De Vooght

September 14, 2003

Checking those qualitative pricing inferences

Both quantitative and qualitative researchers often rely on measures of perceived value to gauge interest and purchase likelihood for new product concepts. But do assessments of value provide meaningful purchase heuristics? If so, can small sample...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2003: Management, Accountability and Research

Authors: Aaron Lee, David Dickinson, R. Scott Evans

September 14, 2003

Developing an optimal product line using consumer preferences and cost data

Much of the activity of market researchers focuses on understanding the effect of new products on the firm. By researching product acceptance before introduction, manufacturers recognize that careful attention to consumer wants and needs will...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2003: Management, Accountability and Research

Authors: Susan Stoev, Steve Cohen

September 14, 2003

Living 24/7

This paper describes the role of market research in building knowledge as well as a tool to assist in improving company business and profit management. We are living the information age, in which knowledge is considered a company asset and more...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2003: Management, Accountability and Research

Authors: Ana Maria Gotelli Varoli, Dayse Maciel, Fábio Mariano, Haroldo Torres, Renata Cunha, Rony Susskind

Company: Procter & Gamble

September 14, 2003

Respondent misconceptions, falling response rates, is it time for change?

This paper looks at the relationship between the researcher and the respondent and seeks to challenge outmoded attitudes and to suggest new approaches which deliver value to all stakeholders (including clients, agencies, respondents, and customers)....

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2003: Management, Accountability and Research

Author: Ray Poynter

September 14, 2003

The business world will never be the same

This paper examines business and public attitudes to corporate governance post-Enron. The crisis of confidence in business is explored, drawing on data from several countries. The public policy debate about the future of corporate governance is also...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2003: Management, Accountability and Research

Authors: Allan Hyde, Brian Gosschalk

Company: Ipsos MRBI

September 14, 2003

Show me the money!

This paper examines the reasons why finding a robust and continuous measure of the value of marketing investment within a business remains an elusive topic. Terms such as return on marketing investment, brand value and intellectual assets are...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2003: Management, Accountability and Research

Authors: Kristin Hickey, Simon Le Couteur

Company: The Leading Edge

September 14, 2003

Changing equity of private labels: Western Europe

This paper addresses the role of private labels within the perspective of Western Europe and reviews the main factors affecting private label development within the region, the future of private labels vs. brands, and the impact of supercenters and...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2003: Management, Accountability and Research

Author: Thomas Bachl

Company: GfK

September 14, 2003

Changing equity of private labels: The perspective from Latin America

This paper provides an assessment of private labels from the perspective of Latin America, and specifically from the six leading economies of Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, as a response to the following questions...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 2003: Management, Accountability and Research

Author: Paulo Pinheiro de Andrade

Company: IBOPE Inteligencia

September 14, 2003